U Will Be Remembered: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018

This year itself, there are more than 10 unreported cases of Transphobia, brutality, bullying, and hate crime towards Trans women in Malaysia that came to my knowledge.

One reported murder case happened recently.

Al Fatihah and Rest In Power to all Trans women before me.

The struggle of being who we truly are, the challenges of being ‘different’, the forever fight for being truthful to ourselves, remains.

In solidarity with those who observe the day.

— Danisha Affandi Tahir, KOMITED Malaysia

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20th November is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It’s a day where we honour the memory of those whose lives were lost in acts of Anti- Transgender Violence and Hate Crimes around the world. It’s really heartbreaking to see such hatred and violence towards a community which has harmed nobody, yet is being treated in such an inhumane way for just being true to ourselves. It’s sad to see even in our New Malaysia, Trans people are still being targeted, rejected, oppressed, and discriminated, with so much effort to dictate and change our Gender identity because we express ourselves differently from others. There are few people who want to speak up about us the minorities of the minorities. I, Nisha Ayub, a Transgender Woman Advocate, stand in solidarity with all my Trans Sister’s and Brothers around the world to speak for those who are not able to speak anymore in this world… 💖🙏 Trans people are still Human Beings. We deserve to be treated equally and given protection by the laws that protect everyone in our respective countries.

— Nisha Ayub, SEED Foundation

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34% of trans people attempt SUCIDE. 64% of young trans people are BULLIED. 73% of trans people are HARASSED in public (ranging from INSULT to physical ABUSE). 21% of trans people avoid going out to public due to FEAR.

BEING A TRANSGENDER IS NOT A CHOICE.
CHOOSING TO HURT SOMEONE IS.— Ferra Cynthia Reneildy